USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -If you’re a vigilante, you might take the law into your own hands by trying to catch or punish someone in your own way. If you wrestle jaywalkers down to the ground, you might be called a vigilante.

Detailed explanation-2: -vigilante. noun. vig·i·lan·te ˌvij-ə-ˈlant-ē : a member of a group of volunteers who decide on their own to stop crime and to punish criminals.

Detailed explanation-3: -angel, attendant, baby-sitter, champion, chaperon, chaperone, conservator, cop, curator, custodian, defender, escort, guard, keeper, nurse, overseer, paladin, patrol, preserver, safeguard.

Detailed explanation-4: -Individuals who take the law into their own hands in search of justice are commonly referred to as vigilantes.

Detailed explanation-5: -It is characterised by reactive, ad hoc and often violent methods of crime control. A vigilante is a group of committed people at the micro level of the community, set up to collate information on suspected criminals in its area, for use by the police in the detection and prevention of crime.